The SEC East saw two key divisional matchups in Week 3 with No. 7 Georgia drubbing South Carolina and Florida running its dominance over Kentucky to 29 straight games.

Here’s what we learned about every SEC East team following an exciting weekend of college football in the South.

Florida Gators

Week 3 result: Defeated Kentucky, 14-9

What we learned: The Gators continued to struggle along the offensive line and on special teams. Will Grier wasn’t spectacular, throwing for 125 yards and an interception — not a ringing endorsement for keeping an already-tenuous starting quarterback role. That said, the Florida defense is among the best in the SEC East. The Gators defense sacked Patrick Towles six times, held the junior to 126 yards and picked him twice. Florida held Kentucky, who entered the game averaging 417 ypg, to just 241 yards of total offense. Jim McElwain’s defense will get a test in Week 4 playing host to Tennessee.

Georgia Bulldogs

Week 3 result: Defeated South Carolina, 52-20

What we learned: Georgia’s resounding victory over rival South Carolina sent a message to the rest of the SEC East: the Bulldogs might be far-and-away the best team in the division. Mark Richt’s squad easily cruised to complete wins in their first two games, but lacked only a breakout performance from their quarterback position. Greyson Lambert stepped up and the results were program- and NCAA-record setting. Lambert set a career-high 330 yards, including an NCAA record for accuracy (24 of 25 completions) and an UGA mark for consecutive completions (20). Defensively, Bulldogs held South Carolina to a meager 84 yards passing. We find out about Georgia’s resolve going forward with matchups against Alabama, Tennessee and Missouri on the very near horizon.

Kentucky Wildcats

Week 3 results: Lost to Florida, 14-19

What we learned: Kentucky isn’t quite the Cinderella we thought they were … yet. The Wildcats have impressed in their first two wins, but couldn’t quite solve the Florida defense in Week 3 in a battle of two of the SEC East’s upstart teams. Kentucky is facing north under Mark Stoops, but we learned that when the offense struggles, so, too, do the Wildcats. Despite close to 200 yards of total offense less than their season average, quarterback Patrick Towles and the Wildcats found themselves in a position to win it at the end. Kentucky is a generally young team with Towles a junior and running back Stanley Boom Williams only a sophomore. Expect some growing pains to continue.

Missouri Tigers

Week 3 result: Defeated Connecticut, 9-6

What we learned: Missouri continues to pull out gritty wins, but that can’t be encouraging considering the Tigers played Connecticut and Arkansas State. Missouri struggled against an above-average UConn defense in an ugly 9-6 win that saw two touchdowns. (I’ll pause while you try to do the math. Hint: a missed PAT and safety). Gary Pinkel’s squad is hurting on offense with the absence of 1,000-yard rusher Russell Hansbrough. Fortunately in Columbia, the Missouri defense remains stout and should keep Missouri at least in the conversation for SEC East.

South Carolina

Week 3 result: Lost to Georgia, 52-20

What we learned: South Carolina’s youth and lack of experience is evident. The Gamecocks lack a big playmaker with opponents keying on shutting down Pharoh Cooper. Georgia held the Gamecocks to 258 yards of offense, including only 84 yards in the air. Steve Spurrier used 13 different players on offense … none of which got more than 80 yards. The result was a whooping courtesy of Georgia, who dealt the Head Ball Coach the most points anyone’s ever hung on one of his squads.

Tennessee Volunteers

Week 3 result: Defeated Western Carolina, 55-10

What we learned: The sky is not falling in Knoxville — even if it took playing Western Carolina to help right the Volunteers’ ship. Tennessee responded to its Week 2 collapse against Oklahoma with an easy 55-10 win over the Catamounts. The defense returned to prominence, even without LB/DE Curt Maggitt. LaDarrell McNeil returned to the Vols secondary and Tennessee limited Western Carolina to 90 yards passing and 279 yards of total offense. With Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield setting all sorts of Oklahoma records in Week 3 over Tulsa, we might find that Tennessee’s fourth-quarter collapse was more a product of Mayfield’s brilliance rather than the Volunteers’ ineptitude. Maybe.

Vanderbilt Commodores

Week 3 result: Defeated Austin Peay, 47-7

What we learned: The Commodores might not win much in the SEC, but the passing tandem of Johnny McCrary to Trent Sherfield is a dynamic one. McCrary hit Sherfield for 240 of his 368 passing yards against Austin Peay, becoming the first Vandy quarterback to throw for 300 yards since Austyn Carta-Samuels in 2013. Sherfield’s 240-yards were a Commodores’ single-game record, eclipsing Earl Bennett’s old mark of 223 yards receiving. Granted, Vanderbilt was playing the Governors. But expect the duo to put up some numbers this season.